diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index 8dd42571abc..a188a2ef24b 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -2177,6 +2177,21 @@ config WGET_HTTPS
 	help
 	  Enable TLS over http for wget.
 
+config WGET_CACERT
+	bool "wget cacert"
+	depends on CMD_WGET
+	depends on WGET_HTTPS
+	help
+	  Adds the "cacert" sub-command to wget to provide root certificates
+	  to the HTTPS engine.
+
+config MBEDTLS_LIB_X509_PEM
+	depends on WGET_CACERT
+	bool "Support for PEM-encoded X509 certificates"
+	help
+	  This option enables MbedTLS to parse PEM-encoded X509 certificates.
+	  When disabled, only DER format is accepted.
+
 endif  # if CMD_NET
 
 config CMD_PXE
diff --git a/cmd/net-lwip.c b/cmd/net-lwip.c
index 0fd446ecb20..0672f48a7a8 100644
--- a/cmd/net-lwip.c
+++ b/cmd/net-lwip.c
@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(dns, 3, 1, do_dns, "lookup the IP of a hostname",
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CMD_WGET)
-U_BOOT_CMD(wget, 3, 1, do_wget,
-	   "boot image via network using HTTP/HTTPS protocol",
+U_BOOT_CMD(wget, 4, 1, do_wget,
+	   "boot image via network using HTTP/HTTPS protocol"
+#if defined(CONFIG_WGET_CACERT)
+	   "\nwget cacert - configure wget root certificates"
+#endif
+	   ,
 	   "[loadAddress] url\n"
-	   "wget [loadAddress] [host:]path"
+	   "wget [loadAddress] [host:]path\n"
+	   "    - load file"
+#if defined(CONFIG_WGET_CACERT)
+	   "\nwget cacert <address> <length>\n"
+	   "    - provide CA certificates (0 0 to disable verification)"
+#endif
 );
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/mbedtls/Makefile b/lib/mbedtls/Makefile
index e66c2018d97..8a0a984e149 100644
--- a/lib/mbedtls/Makefile
+++ b/lib/mbedtls/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ mbedtls_lib_x509-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)X509_CERTIFICATE_PARSER_MBEDTLS) += \
 	$(MBEDTLS_LIB_DIR)/x509_crt.o
 mbedtls_lib_x509-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)PKCS7_MESSAGE_PARSER_MBEDTLS) += \
 	$(MBEDTLS_LIB_DIR)/pkcs7.o
+mbedtls_lib_x509-$(CONFIG_MBEDTLS_LIB_X509_PEM) += \
+	$(MBEDTLS_LIB_DIR)/base64.o \
+	$(MBEDTLS_LIB_DIR)/pem.o
 
 #mbedTLS TLS support
 obj-$(CONFIG_MBEDTLS_LIB_TLS) += mbedtls_lib_tls.o
diff --git a/lib/mbedtls/mbedtls_def_config.h b/lib/mbedtls/mbedtls_def_config.h
index fd440c392f9..7b6a7f482f0 100644
--- a/lib/mbedtls/mbedtls_def_config.h
+++ b/lib/mbedtls/mbedtls_def_config.h
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
 #define MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_BP384R1_ENABLED
 #define MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_BP512R1_ENABLED
 
+/* CA certificates parsing */
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MBEDTLS_LIB_X509_PEM)
+#define MBEDTLS_PEM_PARSE_C
+#define MBEDTLS_BASE64_C
+#endif
 #endif /* #if defined CONFIG_MBEDTLS_LIB_TLS */
 
 #endif /* #if defined CONFIG_MBEDTLS_LIB */
diff --git a/net/lwip/wget.c b/net/lwip/wget.c
index 14f27d42998..14466598d7c 100644
--- a/net/lwip/wget.c
+++ b/net/lwip/wget.c
@@ -285,6 +285,53 @@ static err_t httpc_headers_done_cb(httpc_state_t *connection, void *arg, struct
 	return ERR_OK;
 }
 
+#if defined CONFIG_WGET_HTTPS
+static char *cacert;
+size_t cacert_size;
+#endif
+
+#if defined CONFIG_WGET_CACERT
+static int set_cacert(char * const saddr, char * const ssz)
+{
+	mbedtls_x509_crt crt;
+	ulong addr, sz;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (cacert)
+		free(cacert);
+
+	addr = hextoul(saddr, NULL);
+	sz = hextoul(ssz, NULL);
+	sz++; /* For the trailing '\0' in case of a text (PEM) file */
+
+	if (!addr) {
+		cacert = NULL;
+		cacert_size = 0;
+		return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
+	}
+
+	cacert = malloc(sz);
+	if (!cacert)
+		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+	cacert_size = sz;
+
+	memcpy(cacert, (void *)addr, sz - 1);
+	cacert[sz] = '\0';
+
+	mbedtls_x509_crt_init(&crt);
+	ret = mbedtls_x509_crt_parse(&crt, cacert, cacert_size);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("Could not parse certificates (%d)\n", ret);
+		free(cacert);
+		cacert = NULL;
+		cacert_size = 0;
+		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int wget_loop(struct udevice *udev, ulong dst_addr, char *uri)
 {
 #if defined CONFIG_WGET_HTTPS
@@ -316,7 +363,8 @@ static int wget_loop(struct udevice *udev, ulong dst_addr, char *uri)
 	if (is_https) {
 		tls_allocator.alloc = &altcp_tls_alloc;
 		tls_allocator.arg =
-			altcp_tls_create_config_client(NULL, 0, ctx.server_name);
+			altcp_tls_create_config_client(cacert, cacert_size,
+						       ctx.server_name);
 
 		if (!tls_allocator.arg) {
 			log_err("error: Cannot create a TLS connection\n");
@@ -369,6 +417,11 @@ int do_wget(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 	ulong dst_addr;
 	char nurl[1024];
 
+#if defined CONFIG_WGET_CACERT
+	if (argc == 4 && !strncmp(argv[1], "cacert", strlen("cacert")))
+		return set_cacert(argv[2], argv[3]);
+#endif
+
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 3)
 		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
 
